WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) -- A new identity-theft-prevention company composed of former U.S. federal agents announced plans to begin operations at the beginning of May.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The Washington-based non-profit Identity Theft Assistance Center has released a study of identity-theft crimes in 2007 with prediction analysis for 2008.
BOSTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A state-run Massachusetts drug-insurance program is warning seniors their personal information may have been used in an attempted identity theft scheme.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A Washington privacy consultant says identity theft has become a money-maker for financial institutions.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- The American National Standards Institute and the Better Business Bureau have formed the Identity Theft Prevention and Identity Management Standards Panel.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. treasury secretary will launch a DVD on identity theft and how consumers can protect themselves, the Treasury Department said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Credit scores should be checked at least once a year and before applying for credit, but daily updates provided by some U.S. services may be overkill.
WARREN, N.J., July 8 (UPI) -- A recent survey found 20 percent of Americans say they have been victims of identity theft.
WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush signed into law Thursday stiffer penalties for identity theft, a crime that affected nearly 10 million people last year.
STAMFORD, Conn., July 21 (UPI) -- A Connecticut research firm says seven million U.S. adults, or 3.4 percent of all U.S. consumers, were victims of identity theft last year.
